Yea! I've been waiting for the recap to this show! Fab job, Krank! This show is so cheesy, yet I can't stop watching it...the recaps make it all the better!

Austin still creeps me out for some reason. I'm rooting for Max. And didn't it look like "the boys" had taken a little dip in some Crisco before their Greased Lightning routine. Ick!

Kranky, great review! I've been reading recaps/reviews on ew.com for a while and have been disappointed with many reviewers. Then tonight someone told me about this website and your review was the first I read. I'm hooked. Thanks for the entertainment!!!!!

After watching an "all Danny" episode, I had to quickly turn on some hockey to get the testosterone going again. Whew, that was close!

Bottom line, Austin is too pretty and fem to be believable as a hood. Derek, the early favorite, appears to have the look but not the chops. Chad would be a serviceable second choice, but this thing belongs to Max. The fact he's a little skinny and awkward works. We all forget because the part is usually played by 30 y/o men, but Danny is actually supposed to be in HIGH SCHOOL! He can sing, dance and can convey drama and comedy in his performances. I don't recall anyone saying anything bad about his acting, so I'll assume he's got that covered too. Plus he's the only Danny to bag himself one of those lovely Sandies, so he gets extra credit for that too.

This Show is still on?
I believe that the Broadway show will flop. Non of these people should go on to New York. I stopped watching after the 2nd show, it just wasn't what I was hoping for.

WhoMe, putting aside any discussion of whether this show will be any good or not, there is no way it will flop. Tourists and families will keep this show running for years, particularly with all the promotion the show is providing. When tourists come in to the City and lay out the kind of money it takes to see a Broadway show, they tend to go for the familiar where they know exactly what they're going to get as opposed to something a little edgier like "Spring Awakening" (which was amazing BTW).

Krank, do have access to any news on what kind of advance sales the show has been bringing in?

you make me laugh, krank, you make me laugh.

Watching Austin Miller trying to be fun/funny was like watching Stone Phillips try to be fun or funny. Or it's like that scene from the first "Austin Powers" where Dr. Evil is like, "I'm with it! I'm hip!" and then does the Macarena. Like Jim Jacobs said, it was just too forced. (Hmm, Austin Miller/Austin Powers...free association perhaps?)

It came out especially when Austin said something like "You can see it in my eyes" or "Look into my eyes" and then someone (David Ian, I think) said you have to look *behind* the eyes. Austin's just not goofy enough to be Danny.

The name of the song Derek sang (er, cracked) is actually "Heaven" by Bryan Adams.

Max all the way. He doesn't have to be too over-the-top macho to be attractive to women, because that goofy thing works on us too. He has enough confidence to pull off the role, definitely. In other news, Austin scares me.

Great recap!! But I was hoping you would make fun of Cat's crazy dress and the fact that Cat and Hester are apparently BFFL (did you notice how much Cat was crying?!?) Go Austin!!

That girl screaming for Austin during his performance was by far the most entertaining part of the show. Wow, she *really* needs her gaydar fixed.

I'll go so far as to say I hope Max wins, although I really didn't buy him as the tough guy he was trying to play. I laughed a few times during his performance because he reminded me of a little boy wearing his dad's clothes trying to act tough.

I don't know if you meant it as a joke, but the male host is not Ryan Seacrest. It's Billy Bush, cousin of President George Bush and the current host of Access Hollywood. I don't think he's that recognizable, but he doesn't look like Ryan Seacrest either.
http://www.colby.edu/colby.mag/issues/win04/bush/